boulevardier
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boulevardier
- /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/
- /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdjeɪ/
- /ˌbu-/
Rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French boulevardier, from boulevard + -ier.
noun boulevardiers
- A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant. Sitting alone at his window-seat, he was like an old boulevardier fallen on hard times, waspish, inward, slothful.
- A cocktail similar to a negroni but made with bourbon instead of gin. The boulevardier is a fun drink. Similar to the negroni, the boulevardier features bourbon as the spirit instead of gin for the negroni. To be clear, they are different drinks but at the same time similar.[…]
Similar: man about town, flaneur
verb boulevardiers · boulevardiering · boulevardiered
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To strut or show off like a boulevardier.
One spectacular being clothed liked a boulevardiering cavalier and having the mein of a finished chesterfieldian gentleman was noted seated in an oak near the cabin one day. ... It was a northern butcher-bird, the aggressive shrike ....
Similar: flaunt, ostentate, swagger, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away, flamboast, flex
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noun
Similar: man about town, flaneur
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noun a man who frequents the boulevards
| Français | boulevardier, boulevardière |
|---|---|
| Română | bulevardier |
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title = {boulevardier},
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